Short-Term Licenses

MAXON’s short-term licenses for Cinema 4D makes it possible for you to integrate Cinema 4D’s complete, diverse and powerful toolset into your workflow for as long – or short – as you want.

3 & 6 MONTH LICENSES AVAILABLE

Short-term Cinema 4D licenses are available for three or six months and can be easily downloaded.

Cinema 4D short-term licenses can be used with serial number-dependent plugins and are available as single-seat or floating multi-licenses, which makes them easy to integrate into existing production environments.

Short-term licenses can be easily extended by three or six months. You can choose between the most current software version and an existing previous release version so your workflow can continue without interruption.

SWITCH TO A PERPETUAL LICENSE AT ANY TIME

Switching from short-term to perpetual licenses is easy and can be done whenever you want – and we help pave the way by crediting 75% of the short-term license fees you’ve already paid towards the purchase of a perpetual license!

FAQ

No. MAXON remains committed to offering perpetual licenses. Short-term licensing is a solution to make it easier for individuals to acquire Cinema 4D and for larger companies to adjust licensing counts to satisfy short-term production needs.

Yes. Licenses can be extended or reactivated by purchasing another 3- or 6-month term. Breaks between licensing periods are possible. When extending your short-term license you will automatically receive the latest version of Cinema 4D. You can, upon request, opt to extend your existing license instead.

The short-term license requires 2 serial numbers - one Cinema 4D serial number and one runtime number that defines the time period. Licenses can be verified in the Cinema 4D registration dialogue, which also shows how many days remain before the license expires.

Yes. Floating or Multi-licensing is possible. In this case a third serial number defines the number of licenses that can be used concurrently. The MAXON License Server (MLS) required to administer short-term floating licenses is not included. However, a previously purchased MAXON License Server can be used. Please note that due to technical limitations the number of licenses linked to one serial number cannot be changed within the defined term. Adding i.e. purchasing additional floating licenses to the same linked serial number after expiration is possible. Reducing the number of licenses requires a new and additional serial number, runtime number and multi-licensing number.

Yes, you can purchase and use serialized plugins with the short-term license. When extending a short-term license, you can still keep the same Cinema 4D serial number to which the plugin serial number is linked. As a result, there should be no problems with plugins linked to your Cinema 4D serial number.

Short-term licenses are not eligible for automatic upgrades within the defined runtime period. If customers order shortly before a new release comes to market, they continue with the release that was purchased. Service updates (service packs) are available as they are for perpetual licenses. However, once a short-term license has expired a new short-term license of the latest release can be purchased.

Yes. If you later wish to upgrade to a perpetual license, 75% of the short-term fees you have paid will go towards your purchase of a perpetual license.An MSA (MAXON Service Agreement) must be purchased at the the time of upgrade. In order to receive credit for multiple terms, your short-term license must be active and the terms concurrent (no breaks between terms). Credits cannot exceed the cost of the perpetual Studio license and only one-to-one license credits can be applied to an upgrade. Short-term license credits cannot be refunded or used for purchases other than an upgrade to a perpetual license.